books.google.ie - From the mid-3961s to 3936 the Irish problem was frequently the prime issue in British politics. Quantatively it absorbed more time and energy than any other question. There was little about Ireland which was not aired at length in the press, in Parliament and at the dinner tables of the British political...http://books.google.ie/books/about/Reactions_to_Irish_Nationalism_1865_1914.html?id=EuBNO4XIu9oC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareReactions to Irish Nationalism, 1865-1914